Stator

Stător, ōris, m. [sisto], one who causes any thing to stand fast,

• a stayer, supporter, an epithet of Jupiter, Liv. 1, 12, 6; Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; 1, 13, 31; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; Sen. Ben. 4, 7, 1; Ov. F. 6, 793; Vell. 2, 131.—Plur., Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.—Also, of Mars, Vell. 2, 131, 1.

1. Stator, ōris, m. (v. sisto), der Flucht hemmende u. übh. Erhalter, Schirmer des Bestehenden, als Beiname Jupiters, Liv. 1, 12, 6; 10, 37, 15. Cic. Cat. 1, 33. Sen. de ben. 4, 7, 1: inter Statores ac Tonantes et Feretrios Elicium quoque accepimus Iovem, Plin. 2, 140. – aber auch auctor ac stator Romani nominis Gradive Mars, Vell. 2, 131, 1.

1 Stătŏr, (13) ōris, m. (sisto), surnom de Jupiter [qui arrête les fuyards] : Cic. Cat. 1, 11 ; Liv. 1, 12, 6 ; Ov. F. 6, 793.

Stator

a Roman surname of Jupiter. describing him as staying the Romans in their flight from an enemy, and generally as preserving the existing order of things. (Liv. 1.12, 10.37; Cic. Cat. 1.13; Flor. 1.1; Senec. De Benef. 4.7; Plin. Nat. 2.53; August. De Civ. Dei, 3.13.) [L.S]

Stator

(from stare). A Roman surname of Iupiter, describing him as staying the Romans in their flight from an enemy, and generally as preserving the existing order of things.